Saturday, February 7, 2025
University Park, PA

by Marty Mazur

The last meet of the 2025 NVRC Indoor Mile Series was held in conjunction with the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup at Penn State’s Horace Ashenfelter III indoor track. There was a big field this time: three heats of the mile and a heat of the 3000 meter run, as well as a predicted time contest for the mile.

The first heat was the fast heat this time. This is in order to allow the fast runners who would be competing in the 3000 meter run to have  a bit more rest between races. Nathan Allen ran away from the field to clock the best time of the year, finishing in 4:26.33. It was a photo finish for second, with Zack Mitarotonda (4:31.35) barely edging last year’s Series champ Vince Fadale (4:30.36)

The second heat saw Jack Scalan take first in 4:55.13, with Dylan Holliday coming in second in 4:58.69 and Matt Balogh taking third in 4:59.23.

The third heat had the fast ladies as well as a few more men. Ethan Chen came first in the heat in 5:43.78. But the next four runners were women, with Emily Koehle coming in first among them in 5:50.42, Hannah Bauer taking second in 5:56.68, and Ava Rohrbaugh taking third in 5:59.83.

The 3000 meter run had a big field and some of the fastest top finishers we’ve had in several years. Garrison Famiglio let the field most of the race and after taking a short break running in second in the penultimate lap, turned on the jets to win in 9:19.98. Winter Parts was second in 9:21.34, and Benjamin Joes took third in 9:23.09.

This year’s predicted time contest winner was Emily Koehle, whose finishing time of 5:50.42 was just 0.42 seconds off her prediction of 5:50.

Thanks to all for a great showing and another great Series. See you next year!

Fast Heat Top Finishers, from left: Nathan Allen (1st), Vince Fadale (3rd), and Zack Mitarotonda (2nd)

Top second heat finishers, from left: Dylan Holliday (2nd), Jack Scalan (1st), and Matt Balogh (3rd)

Ethan Chen finished first in the third heat.

Today's top ladies, from left: Emily Koehle (1st), Hannah Bauer (2nd), and Ava Rohrbaugh (3rd)

 

 The top 3K runners, from left: Benjamin Jones (3rd), Garrison Famiglio (1st), and Winter Parts (2nd)

Heat 1
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Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
 1     Nathan Allen             4:26.33
 2     Zack Mitarotonda         4:31.35
 3     Vince Fadale             4:31.36
 4     Liam Goldsworthy         4:31.79
 5     James Behrend            4:32.43
 6     Benjamin Jones           4:35.31    
 7     Winter Parts             4:37.55
 8     Ryan Zaff                4:46.52
 9     Cam Mallett              4:53.22
10     Steven Barnard           4:55.47
11     Brendan Morgan           4:58.93
12     Justin Waraniak          4:59.40
13     Charles Wood             5:08.35    


Heat 2
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Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
 1     Jack Scalan              4:55.13
 2     Dylan Holliday           4:58.69
 3     Matt Balogh              4:59.23
 4     Sean Devlin              5:17.57 (M)
 5     Tyler Brown              5:22.94    
 6     Zachary Probolus         5:33.76    
 7     Matt Smith               5:54.61 (M)
 8     Karim Eldawody           6:01.71


Heat 3
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Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
 1     Ethan Chen               5:43.78
 2     Emily Koehle             5:50.42
 3     Hannah Bauer             5:56.68
 4     Ava Rohrbaugh            5:59.83
 5     Laurel Wellman           6:21.29    
 6     Aiden Gagne              6:57.08    
 7     Bob Ferguson             6:59.47 (M)
 8     Savannah Nelson          7:19.30
 9     Marty Klanchar           7:23.29 (M)
10     Seddy Clapper            7:52.38    


3000 Meter Run
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Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
 1     Garrison Famiglio        9:19.98
 2     Winter Parts             9:21.34
 3     Benjamin Jones           9:23.09
 4     Cam Mallett              9:57.91
 5     Charles Wood            10:17.95
 6     Vince Fadale            10:20.05
 7     Jack Scalan             10:20.52
 8     Justin Waraniak         10:36.62
 9     Zachary Probolus        10:42.81
10     Keith Thompson          10:43.21
11     Sean Devlin             10:55.77 (M)
12     Tyler Brown             11:05.80
13     Matt Smith              11:40.22 (M)

(M) Masters Runner